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1. Barry Lyndon (1975)
PG | 185 min | Adventure, Drama, War
An Irish rogue wins the heart of a rich widow and assumes her dead husband's aristocratic position in 18th-century England.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger
Votes: 183,315
2. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson, Neil Dudgeon
Votes: 39,535
3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.
Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalie Williams, Eric Porter
Votes: 24,237
4. The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Not Rated | 42 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A father and daughter are caught in a parallel universe where the great Queens Snow White, Cinderella and Riding Hood III have had their kingdoms fragmented by warring trolls, giants and goblins.
Stars: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Cohen, Dianne Wiest, Daniel Lapaine
Votes: 20,262
5. Highlander (1992–1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Duncan MacLeod is Immortal, and must live in modern society, concealing his true nature while fighting other Immortals.
Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes, Peter Wingfield
Votes: 17,834
6. Yes Minister (1980–1984)
TV-PG | 679 min | Comedy
The Right Honorable James Hacker has landed the plum job of Cabinet Minister to the Department of Administration. At last he is in a position of power and can carry out some long-needed reforms, or so he thinks.
Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott
Votes: 16,573
7. Yes, Prime Minister (1986–1987)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
James Hacker was propelled along the corridors of power to the very pinnacle of politics - Number 10.
Stars: Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott
Votes: 12,933
8. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,899
9. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Baron Frankenstein, with the aid of a young doctor and his fiancée, kidnaps the mentally sick Dr. Brandt in order to perform the first brain transplant operation.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Peter Cushing, Veronica Carlson, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward
Votes: 5,289 | Gross: $0.10M
10. As Time Goes By (1992–2005)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
The Korean War, and a long lost letter, separate the lives of young lovers Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, whose paths cross again by happenstance.
Stars: Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Philip Bretherton
Votes: 4,966
11. The Island (1980)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.
Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor, Frank Middlemass
Votes: 4,729 | Gross: $15.72M
12. Heartbeat (1992–2010)
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.
Stars: William Simons, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose, Mark Jordon
Votes: 4,080
13. Casualty (1986– )
TV-PG | 50 min | Drama
The everyday lives of the people frequenting the frenetic Accident and Emergency department of Holby City Hospital.
Stars: Derek Thompson, Tony Marshall, Suzanne Packer, Ian Bleasdale
Votes: 3,697
14. Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Three old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
Stars: Peter Sallis, Jane Freeman, Kathy Staff, Robert Fyfe
Votes: 3,659
15. The Two Ronnies (1971–1987)
Comedy
This long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.
Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers, John Owens
Votes: 3,594
16. Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
The lives and fortunes of the Bellamy family and their below-stairs servant staff at 165 Eaton Place play out against the social, political and historical backdrop of Edwardian London from 1903 to 1930.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Angela Baddeley
Votes: 3,571
17. Emmerdale Farm (1972– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A soap opera set in a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales.
Stars: Christopher Chittell, Lucy Pargeter, Mark Charnock, Dominic Brunt
Votes: 3,534
18. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.
Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin
Votes: 2,659
19. Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
Director: Christopher Petit | Stars: Joan Hickson, Donald Pleasence, Adrian Lukis, Sophie Ward
Votes: 2,391
20. Dreamchild (1985)
PG | 94 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Ian Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson.
Director: Gavin Millar | Stars: Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Caris Corfman
Votes: 1,752 | Gross: $1.22M
21. Ripping Yarns (1976–1979)
TV-PG | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy
This show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.
Stars: Michael Palin, Charles McKeown, Barbara New, David Griffin
Votes: 1,704
22. Doctors (2000–2024)
30 min | Drama
The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
Stars: Adrian Lewis Morgan, Jan Pearson, Matthew Chambers, Diane Keen
Votes: 1,703
23. Lace (1984)
240 min | Drama
A young actress, thought to be easy and without morals, gathers three former schoolmates to find out who her mother is.
Stars: Bess Armstrong, Brooke Adams, Arielle Dombasle, Phoebe Cates
Votes: 1,528
24. Poldark (1975–1977)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
In 1783, Ross Poldark returns from the American wars to his native Cornwall to right wrongs and reunite with the love of his life.
Stars: Robin Ellis, Angharad Rees, Clive Francis, Jill Townsend
Votes: 1,198
25. Madame Sin (1972)
Not Rated | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A C.I.A. Agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott, Gordon Jackson
Votes: 1,161
26.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode:
The Blue Carbuncle
(1984)
TV-PG | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the Countess of Morcar's priceless blue carbuncle is stolen, a reformed thief is charged with the crime.
Director: David Carson | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Rosalind Knight, Ros Simmons
Votes: 1,154
27. Kavanagh QC (1995–2001)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A crusty barrister oversees difficult criminal cases while dealing with the demands of his family life.
Stars: John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Nicholas Jones, Cliff Parisi
Votes: 1,094
28. Only When I Laugh (1979–1982)
30 min | Comedy
A rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff.
Stars: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson
Votes: 995
29. Soldier Soldier (1991–1997)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Drama following the life of the officers and men of the King's Own Fusiliers regiment, during their home lives, training exercises and battles.
Stars: Ben Nealon, Robson Green, Jerome Flynn, Rosie Rowell
Votes: 948
30.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Midsomer Rhapsody
(2005)
TV-14 | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Deaths follow the discovery of a valuable musical manuscript sold cheaply at an auction.
Director: Richard Holthouse | Stars: John Nettles, John Hopkins, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard
Votes: 879
31. Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002)
106 min | Comedy
After her husband's death and being forced into a nursing home, a woman starts looking for independence.
Director: Ian Sharp | Stars: Pauline Collins, Peter Capaldi, Anna Wilson-Jones, Gwenllian Davies
Votes: 872
32. War & Peace (1972–1973)
890 min | Drama, History, War
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Morag Hood, Alan Dobie, Rupert Davies
Votes: 740
33. To Serve Them All My Days (1980–1981)
673 min | Drama
David Powlett-Jones has just returned to England from the trenches of WWI. He was injured and shell-shocked and, after a spell in hospital he gets a job teaching in a boys boarding school ... See full summary »
Stars: John Duttine, Frank Middlemass, Alan MacNaughtan, Patricia Lawrence
Votes: 670
34. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
35. The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
87 min | Drama, Romance
A young gay man comes out to his middle-class parents, which has repercussions for his father who has long since been trying to repress his own sexuality.
Director: Nigel Finch | Stars: Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus Macfadyen, Corey Parker
Votes: 617
36. Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991 TV Movie)
PG | 187 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The British government is about to buy the plans to a revolutionary bomb detonator when its plans are stolen and its Austrian inventor murdered. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go to Vienna to track down the plans.
Director: Peter Sasdy | Stars: Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett
Votes: 607
37. Sherlock Holmes (1964–1968)
50 min | Crime, Drama, History
A series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations, based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Stars: Nigel Stock, Peter Cushing, Douglas Wilmer, Peter Madden
Votes: 591
38. Otley (1969)
M | 92 min | Comedy
Gerald Otley, wannabe antiques dealer, is kicked out of his flat for failing to pay rent, sleeps at a friend's house for the night, wakes up two days later in an airport field, and finds himself entangled in international espionage.
Director: Dick Clement | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, James Villiers
Votes: 576
39. One Against the Wind (1991 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Biography, Drama
Mary Lindell works for the French Red Cross in occupied France during World War II and helps Allied airmen who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Anthony Higgins, Christien Anholt
Votes: 569
40. Doctor Finlay (1993–1996)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Following his service in World War II, Dr. Finlay returns to the practice at Arden House, at a time when the National Health Service is about to be instituted.
Stars: David Rintoul, Annette Crosbie, Ian Bannen, Gordon Reid
Votes: 540
41. Peak Practice (1993–2002)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama
Beth Glover and Will Preston are doctors in partnership at a Derbyshire clinic when they hire Jack who's returned from Africa. The next several years deal with their personal and professional lives with Jack and Beth marrying.
Stars: Gary Mavers, Simon Shepherd, Esther Coles, Margery Mason
Votes: 525
42. A Dance to the Music of Time (1997– )
Not Rated | 416 min | Drama
Anthony Powell's twelve volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatized for television.
Stars: Gillian Barge, Nicholas Jones, Simon Russell Beale, Robin Bailey
Votes: 518
43. A Year in Provence (1993)
360 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the 1989 best-selling memoir of the same name by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and the local events and customs.
Stars: John Thaw, Lindsay Duncan, Jean-Pierre Delage, Jo Doumerg
Votes: 480
44. Great Expectations (1989)
303 min | Drama
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
Stars: John Rhys-Davies, Anthony Calf, Jean Simmons, Kim Thomson
Votes: 469
45. The Whipping Boy (1994 TV Movie)
G | 96 min | Family, Fantasy
Prince Horace is the spoiled and arrogant heir to the throne whose continual pranks are designed to get his distant father's attention. Young Jemmy is a desperate streetwise orphan trying to survive with his sister.
Director: Syd Macartney | Stars: Truan Munro, Nic Knight, Karen Salt, Andrew Bicknell
Votes: 424
46. Jackanory (1965–1996)
15 min | Family, Fantasy
A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will entice the most restless of children.
Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant
Votes: 423
47. Play for Today (1970–1984)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A British television anthology drama series that aired on BBC1 between 1970 and 1984.
Stars: Alison Steadman, Nigel Hawthorne, Tony Caunter, David Daker
Votes: 394
48. Z Cars (1962–1978)
TV-14 | Crime, Drama
A gritty drama which follows the work of the police force in the fictional town of Newtown in the North of England.
Stars: James Ellis, John Slater, Douglas Fielding, Bernard Holley
Votes: 382
49.
Ripping Yarns (1976–1979)
Episode:
Murder at Moorstones Manor
(1977)
TV-14 | 30 min | Adventure, Comedy
Sir Clive Chiddingfield invites his family to his birthday party at lonely Moorstones Manor but in the course of the evening half of those present are murdered one by one and the remaining ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Michael Palin, Isabel Dean, Iain Cuthbertson, Frank Middlemass
Votes: 371
50. Oliver Twist (1985)
360 min | Drama
An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
Stars: Ben Rodska, Eric Porter, Michael Attwell, Pip Donaghy
Votes: 363